Food & Drink anomolies - Mothers Ruin, Spotted Dick, room

Food & Drink anomolies - Mothers Ruin, Spotted Dick, room temperature beer, and the case to ban tipping

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The Two Brits are Malcolm Teasdale and Francis Carden.The title will tempt you to listen to the whole podcast. What on earth is Mother's Ruin and Spotted Dick?The attempt to answer the question of why us Brits drink warm beer. It is not as bad as it seems.Is tipping getting out of order? Do you feel compelled to tip a server for 30 secs of their time to collect a payment? Do you feel rushed at a restaurant, so the wait staff can make more money from tips from more customers? Should the restau...

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